[ SECRET POST #6778 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6778 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

They gave him a dog sidekick? I kind of love that.

[(Anonymous)]

Krypto has existed since the 50s.

[(Anonymous)]

I apologize for not being familiar with this fandom, okay?

[(Anonymous)]

The dog's name is Krypto? Omh that's adorable.

[(Anonymous)]

I had the same thought! I’ve seen many of the movies and chunks of various shows but never read the comics and have never seen him with a superpowered dog. I love it! This actually makes me want to see it now.

[(Anonymous)]

I've never read a single comic book and I knew Krypto existed in the 90s. I envy your ability to avoid fandom osmosis.

[(Anonymous)]

I can’t think of how fandom in the 90s would have included osmosis to the point of even Superman getting mentioned, never mind his dog. And the only kinda big Superman fandom I’ve ever seen online was for Smallville, which was easy to avoid if you weren’t in the fandom and wasn’t around in the 90s. I never saw any kind of fandom for Dean Cain’s show, not even in zines that included all the Fox Kids cartoons. Maybe if someone was big into other DC comics they’d have that exposure?

[(Anonymous)]

I was thinking the same. I was into comics (Marvel, tbf) in the 90s and I still can't remember running into Krypto or even Suoerman in fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

not a fan of anything DC generally. I did watch Justice League Saturday morning cartoons? idk how it osmosed to me but it sure did. maybe the 80s Reeve movies. maybe I just got lucky. I swear I remember a cartoon dog during the 80s/90s cartoon era but I could not tell you where or when Krypto first appeared in a non-comic-book format. (I also don't care enough to deep dive any wikis right now)

[(Anonymous)]

So, since streaming didn’t exist in the 90s, shows from the 80s and even the 70s were still airing frequently on many stations worldwide. In North America, this included things like Super Friends and the Christopher Reeve movies. And because these things were still in the collective public consciousness, they were also referenced and parodied in numerous other books, tv shows, movies and songs. Those references carried over into fandom, both because they were in canon and because fandom creators were also soaked in these pop culture references from birth (seriously, thanks to syndication, by the 90s Superman had been on tv in some form or another for 40 years). Honestly, it would be legit impressive if you never saw or heard Superman being mentioned in the 90s in an English-speaking country. Krypto’s a little more obscure, although he did get his own show in the early aughts.

[(Anonymous)]

Those references carried over into fandom…
What fandoms? Where?

Superman certainly was mentioned in the 90s because there was a Superman show airing at the time. But it wasn’t mentioned in multi fandom zines even though the Fox Batman and X Men cartoons were. Superman wasn’t prolific in fandom in the 90s, and certainly not to the point that it’s surprising someone didn’t know about Krypto via fandom osmosis at that time. Which is what AYRT is pointing out because someone made that claim.

[(Anonymous)]

It's easy when you're not that into it. Like, I've seen some if not all of the Christopher Reeve movies, a few episodes of Smallville, I was aware of Lois & Clark, I haven't read any comics, and I also had no idea that he had a dog named Krypto.